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Species Aphthona czwalinai

Aphthona czwalinai
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Galerucinae (Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles)
Tribe Alticini (Flea Beetles)
No Taxon (Longitarsus Genus Group)
Genus Aphthona
Species czwalinai (Aphthona czwalinai)
Explanation of Names
Aphthona czwalinai Weise 1888
Size
Adults: 2.8-3.5 mm(1)
Larvae: 1-5 mm
Identification
Shiny metallic black. Adults indistinguishable from A. lacertosa
Range
native to w. Palaearctic (C. Europe to C. Asia)(2)
Food
recorded host: Euphorbia esula(2)
Life Cycle
Adults emerge from soil beginning in May to July depending on location.
Remarks
common in ND(3)
Introduced to control Euphorbia (leafy spurge) in 1987
Internet References
Cornell U.
images: 1(2) | 2(3)
Works Cited
1.Lompe A. (2002-) Die Käfer Europas: Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
2.Coleoptera Poloniae
3.Fauske G.M. (2003-2006) Common flea beetles of North Dakota
Contributed by v belov on 28 February, 2014 - 8:35am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 12 October, 2016 - 7:52am

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